Lusatia Park Vineyard (PHI)
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Woori Yallock VIC 3139
AUSTRALIA
The Lusatia Park Vineyard is located in Woori Yallock in the Yarra Valley, Victoria. Its grapes are made into the label PHI. It is not open to the public except for special events as part of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival. The cellar door is located at Shelmerdine Vineyards in the Heathcote wine region north of Melbourne.
Lusatia Park Vineyard was established in 1985 on Lone Star Creek, at Woori Yallock, in the Upper Yarra Valley. Its elevated north facing aspect, deep free-draining red soils, and close-spaced vines ensure intense varietal flavours derived from long, consistent ripening. It takes its name from the historical European region of Lusatia. Home to the Sorbian peoples, Lusatia (trans.'water-hole') is a land of hills and meadows, fertile soils and lakes.
In 2002 the Shelmerdine and De Bortoli families entered into a grape supply agreement which gave Steve Webber the opportunity to make wine from the Lusatia Park Vineyard. To provide insight into the site's character, a few dozen of the 2002 Lusatia Park Vineyard Chardonnay were bottled separately and shared by the two families over Christmas.
The outstanding 2002 Chardonnay and Pinot Noir confirmed their commitment to attention to detail in the vineyard and a hands-off style of winemaking. They also discovered a mutual love of Sancerre, Chablis and Burgundy, often finding that they were independently drinking the same wines from the same European producers. This friendship was soon to culminate in the PHI joint venture.
Shortly after the 2005 vintage, Steve Webber and Stephen Shelmerdine decided the purity, vibrancy and complexity of both the Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from Lusatia Park was so impressive, they deserved to be bottled and branded in their own right.
The 2006 vintage saw the completion of the range with the addition of the 2006 PHI Lusatia Park Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc.
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